Contrary to what many people, who like to diagnose themselves and others, say, most back pain is myofascial syndrome. Myo means muscular, and fascial means ligamentous. Get it? The cause is in the muscles and ligaments, not in the discs and vertebrae, etc. Accordingly, the approach to treatment and prevention should be completely different! Look at the picture how many muscles there are, and this is just one layer, there are many more.